Lower Brynamman is village

Village

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 and an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot is a county borough and one of the unitary authority areas of Wales. Neath Port Talbot is the 8th most populous county in Wales and the third most populous county borough....

 county borough

County borough

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, Wales

Wales

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The electoral ward of Lower Brynamman forms part of the parish of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen (electoral ward)

Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. The ward of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen along with the Lower Brynamman electoral ward makes up the parish of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen....

. The ward consists of some or all of the settlements of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is a village in Neath Port Talbot, south Wales. Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is also a parish made up of the electoral wards of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman.-Location:...

, Lower Brynamman and Tairgwaith in the parliamentary constituency of Neath

Neath (UK Parliament constituency)

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. The ward has settlements to the far east, however most of the ward is dominated by current and disused open cast

Open-pit mining

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 mine workings. It is bounded by the wards of Quarter Bach

Quarter Bach

Quarter Bach is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales.It is at the foot of the Black Mountain, in the far east of the county. The main settlement here is Upper Brynamman, though it also includes Ystradowen and the other areas to the south east which happen to be part of Carmarthenshire, as...

 of Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire

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 to the north; Cwmllynfell

Cwmllynfell

Cwmllynfell is the name of a village, community and electoral ward in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.- Amenities :Cwmllynfell has its own local rugby union team - Cwmllynfell RFC. Also, a Welsh Primary School, CK's Supermarket, Post Office, village hall, church, chapel and a grooming parlour...

 to the south east and Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is a village in Neath Port Talbot, south Wales. Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is also a parish made up of the electoral wards of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman.-Location:...

 to the south west.

In the 2008 local council elections

United Kingdom local elections, 2008

The 2008 United Kingdom local elections were held on 1 May 2008. These elections took place in 137 English Local Authorities and all Welsh Councils....

, Arwyn Woolcock of the Labour Party was returned unopposed.